Category Archives: Canada
Not to the Wall: Notley won't team up to fight federal carbon tax
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she’s not interested in presenting a united front with some other provincial leaders against Ottawa’s carbon pricing plan. Sask...
Oct 06, 2016
Canadian special forces have been in gun fights with ISIL, general says
OTTAWA - A shift in the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has resulted in Canadian soldiers spending more time on the front lines and engaging in more firefights with the enemy...
Oct 06, 2016
Quebec woman told to remove hijab in court treated regrettably: judge
MONTREAL - A judge’s decision to deny a woman’s day in court because of her hijab goes against the principles of Canadian law, another Quebec tribunal has ruled. But Superior Court Ju...
Oct 06, 2016
Bluenose II to return 'full circle' to wooden rudder after steel version proves heavy
HALIFAX - A wooden rudder has been ordered to replace the weighty steel steering system aboard the Bluenose II, one last refit that may finally bring the saga of the ship’s reconstruction to its...
Oct 06, 2016
Bank of Canada deputy warns of lingering uncertainty around non-resource exports
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada’s senior deputy governor says there’s still uncertainty around the long-hoped-for rebound of the country’s crucial non-...
Oct 06, 2016
Suspect in Jays beer-tossing case faces mischief charge, police say
TORONTO - A mischief charge has been laid against a man alleged to have tossed a beer can at a Baltimore outfielder during a dramatic Blue Jays playoff game earlier this week, Toro...
Oct 06, 2016
Tory leadership hopeful would lower income taxes, drop some tax credits
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier wants to eliminate some of the boutique tax credits favoured by former prime minister Stephen Harper to help cover the cost of cutting in...
Oct 06, 2016
Serval owner rails against Ottawa bylaw, argues they're not dangerous
Margueret Lewis has lots to say about an exotic animal bylaw in Ottawa that bans servals - small cheetah-like cats - but most of it’s obscene. She lives on a large rural property within the...
Oct 06, 2016
Pole vaulter Shawn Barber tests positive for cocaine through kissing, report says
TORONTO - The 16-page report on Shawn Barber’s positive cocaine test reads in parts like an erotic short story. Sex, drugs and a hotel rendezvous, with Canada’s wo...
Oct 06, 2016
B.C.'s Clark urged to reject Kinder Morgan pipeline for failing key condition
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier Christy Clark is being challenged to reject Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion proposal because it can never meet one of her fi...
Oct 06, 2016